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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Applicants:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
George M. Evans, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron M. France, Westland, MI (US);
Benjamin Piya Austin, Saline, MI (US);
Craig D. Herring, Pinckney, MI (US);
Philip J. Babian, Canton, MI (US);
Ichiroh Isobe, Aichi, JP;
William Patrick Garrett, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignees:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05); B60K 2370/28 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05);
Abstract
A system and method for adjusting the transparency of a digital needle of a digital gauge are disclosed herein. The system and method adjust a transparency of a digital needle based on an operating state of an engine of a vehicle.